flustered
adjective
[ ˈflʌstəd ]
• agitated or confused.
• "a flustered commuter"
fluster
verb
• make (someone) agitated or confused.
• "there's nothing you can do or say to fluster Bernie"
Similar:
unsettle,
make nervous,
unnerve,
agitate,
ruffle,
upset,
bother,
put on edge,
discompose,
disquiet,
disturb,
worry,
alarm,
panic,
perturb,
disconcert,
confuse,
throw off balance,
confound,
nonplus,
hassle,
rattle,
faze,
discombobulate,
put into a flap,
throw into a tizz,
send into a spin,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘make slightly drunk’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flaustra ‘hurry, bustle’.
